Lusterless-garment-pressing iron.



S. P. L. GALITRI.

LUSTBRLBSS GARMENT PRESSING IRON.

APPLICATION FILED rmm, 1914.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PEIERS CQ, PHOTU-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. u. c.

S. I. L. GALITRI. LUSTERLESS-GARMENT PRESSING IRON.

APPLIOLTION FILED P1333, 1914.

Patented Sept..22, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS ca. FHOTD-IJIHQ, WASHINGTON. D. C.

. nened n them to which j invention relates tonew and useful improvements 1n pressing 1rons,., and has for .TStill" another object OftllQlHVQIltlOll is to provide a simple and efife'ctive means by 2 0 V. V. V a

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aawmiaaamam.-- C a i Beit lmownfthatl, SALVATORE PAS UALE Lucio GAIIITR II, a subjectof: the Kingyof Italy',-'gresiding at Rochester, in the county York, have inments a in Lusterless- Irons; and I do hereby declare the following to be-a full, clear, and exact description of the" invention,-;such as will enable others it appertains to Garment Pressing make and use the same.

its principal object to providean iron embodyingtnovel and efiicient means for reliablyholding a pressing cloth thereon,

which the pressing cloth will remain smooth over the entire surface. of the iron when the device is in use. l 1

A- still further object of the'invention is tqprovidea novel combination andarrange merit-of parts means vof Whl'ChthQ above mentioned objects may be obtained to pro vide a device which may be ;ea'sily and quickly constructedat a mini-mum of ex- 1 I andiaccompanying drawings, in which,

detail. view of th h i 010th l i Y element. .7 r

iron which comprises bottom '2, having at ense.g 1, -vwit f the above and; other objects in, view, the invention} consists in v the novel combinaetion and arrangement ofaparts'which will be fully ,set ljorth 1 in the following specification j h-Eigurelis agtjop plan; view of an iron constructed in accordancewith th s nvenan end view of one of the members, Fig, 5 {is alview; handle supporting unemb handle supporting h qo per n ers, and Fig; 6 is a 1 Referring now vto the, drawings by characters vof reference, the numeral 1 designates as an entirety, the main body. portion of the the relatively heavy its longitudinal; and lateral extremities, the ends- 3 and the sides 4 respectively. The ends arepreferably ofiset as at 5*tozform the decks or extensions 6 ablyreceiving which are. so arranged as 1 t0 r'assist f in sup.-

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v I i Specification of Letters Patent. Patefited S t 22 1914;

Application,liled i'february 3 1914.1 Ser i a1Nd816Q18 5l porting. the pressing cloth when the device 1s in use. A suitable top 7 is secured to the upper extremities of the extensions 5 and the top edges of the-walls 7 is tions 8. The sidewalls 4 their upperfedges with; cesses 9, theuse of which are provided along a plural ty. of 1; re-

willappear as the u v 4, and thiscportion provlded wlth aplurality of, corruga description proceeds. A pluralityof apertures 10, are formed in; ately. beneaththeplate permituo f the escape of tlie deviofe is in use,

the walls 4:11Il'li1i6di- 7 andare adapted to the burnt gases when {walls 4, is a plate 11 which is arranged to form an air, space 12, between) the corru; gated plate 7 and said, plate 11. Securedto Securedto the upper extremitie f he the plate 11 at suitable intervals are the handle supporting elements 12 and13 which will" be described in detail hereinafter. A

suitable guide member. 14 is secured-to the plate 11, and is provided with acentrallylo cated aperturetl5, the use of which pear: as. the description proceeds,

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. The handle supporting I elements l '13 which were mentioned; tin th'efforegoing paragraph, 1 preferably comprise the body portion designated I,

4; and 5. The element 18 on the supporting v generallycby thetnu f merals 16 and-17 respectively, eachoif which is provided with the centrally located up standing membera18 as i illustrated inFigsn 'member lQ is preferably provided with the :n

aperture 19 extending in "the longitudinal plane of the iron. A second aperture 20 is formed through the element 18 at right angles to the aperture-l9. The transverse aperture 20 is preferablyinternally screw threaded. This member 12 is arranged to form a pivotal connection for the handleof the iron as will be -moreofully' described. The element 18 formed on the supporting member 13 is 1 I p the reduced end or extension 22 projecting dle 23. An

longitudinally from the hanprovided wlth a slot 21 movextension 241 projecting from the opposite end of the handle 23 is pivotally secured in the member 12 on abolt or pivot pin 25, which latter is received within the aperture 20.

The cloth controlling element which illustrated in Fig. 6, preferably comprises the. -,L-shapeda Imember 26having -pivota1ly 1,

secured to its short arm the bar 27 as at 28. This bar 27 is provided at its freeend with I a suitable internally fscrew threaded aper true 29 which is adaptedtocooperate with: the bolt 30 extending through a suitable aperture in the long arm of the L-shaped member 26 as clearly shown, A suitable ear 31 is formed integral with the long arm intermediate its ends and is adapted to cooperate with the ears 32 formed on the connecting link 33 to forma pivotal connection 34 between the linkand the L-shaped member. The upper end of the link is pivotally connected as at 35 to the free end of the extension 22 and it will be evident that when thehandle extension 22 is raised, the

' entireirame formed by the .L-shaped memwhich are bent clotlrextended'to its full width.

ber and the member 27- will be raised, thus tightening the cloth on the iron.

spring will exert outward pressure against saidv arms and force the same away from 35 n a each other. m 1 A pair of curved plates Hare hingedly secured as at a5 and engage the angular extensions 46, i Each of these plates 44: is mounted over asuitable spring which 'latter'is adapt- 'edto exert upward pressure against thefree extremity of thepla-te and form what might be termed a valley where the plates v,a-re

' hinged; Thus it will be seen that the extension- 16am and should the same at anytime come'out of position,

be normally held in the valley al-inement, it will be evident that the tendency of the spring acting against the plates will'be to force theextension into its normal thus insuring the proper relation of the arms to the cloth when the device is in use In order to' provide a heating means for the iron, the longitudinal pipe 47 is secured 3 within: the iron and is provided with a plura'lity of apertures 48 through which the gas passing through the pipe 4:9 passesand is ignited, thus heating theiron and insuring the proper distribution of heat over the bot v1 tem 2. The-pipe49 is connected by a flexible tubing or any; other suitable means indicated'at 50 to' a sultable source of gas su'pplywhen the device is to be used. 7

1 A suitable coil spring 51' is opera-twely connected to the-free end :22 of the handle 'supportingmember, and is adapted toeXer-t upward pressure thereagainst to normally hold the clothsupporting-element ill the raised 3 position {illustrated Lin Fig The "cloth, is arranged to pass longitudinally around the iron and-through the cloth holding elementand completely cover the bottom of the iron to prevent the. same from coming into contact with the garment which is being-pressed; i

It willbe evident that inusefthe iron is placed on the article tobe pressed and the cloth coming in direct contactwith the surface of the iron will prevent the" article being pressed from beeoming shiny, thus eliminating the objectionable feature. "Inchanging the position *of the iron, ;it will be evident that upon exerting upwardpul'l' handle the frame formed by 'theL-shaped member 26 and the pivoted member27 will be drawn upward between the arms of the member 14: and thus pull tllQ'ClQth tight over on the theiron and permit the iron -to' be moved 9 without any interference'from the cloth 7 a While in the foregoing-there has. been shown and describedtthe preferred embodimerit of thisinvention, it is .to be understood that such changes maybe made in the 'c'om bination and arrangement of partsj'as will fallwithin the spirit and scope n of 'the ap pended claims,

claim: v

' 1. The combination with a pressing iron of a handle pivotally secured ftdthe,iron,a pressing cloth carried by the iron, means connected to the handle t tal-reap the full- Having thusidescribed ness of the'cloth when the iron islifte dya'nd yieldable means to holdyth cloth smooth transversely of the iron.-'*} 2. The combination-with a pressing'iron of a handle pivotally secured to theirjon, a

one end of the pressing cloth, said frame being adapted to automatically "take-up the fullness of the ;cloth when theironiislified, and means toflhold the versely of, the iron; p g

3. The combination with a garment pressing-iron of a handle pivotally-se'cured to 'the 1 iron, a cloth of greater length than the bottom, of the iron,

' adapted tohold thecloth normally extended pressing cloth of greater l engtl'i-"Fthan the iron, a frame secure'd'to the handle, andto cloth smooth transi carried by the handle, the opposite end of In testimony whereof I afiix my signature I the cloth being secured to the frame, resilin presence of two witnesses. ient'a-rms secured to the iron near each end,

' said. arms being adapted to yieldably hold SALVATORE PASQUALE LUOIO OALITRI' 5 the cloth fully extended laterally, and means Witnesses: i

to hold the arms in their normal operative GIUSEPPE PASTORE,

position. f i 1 GIUsnPPE CALITRI.

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